Journal:
:iranian journal of public health
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omid masoumi dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
mahmoud shahzadi dept. of cardiovascular surgery, imam khomeini hospital, school of medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
parivash kordbacheh dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
farideh zaini dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
shahram mahmoudi dept. of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
mahmoud mahmoudi dept. of epidemiology and biostatistics, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
background : the aim of this study was to detect fungi in atherosclerotic plaques and investigate their possible role in atherosclerosis. methods : coronary atherosclerotic plaques specimen were obtained from patients with atherosclerosis. direct exami-nation, culture, histopathology study, pcr and sequencing were performed to detect/identify the mycotic elements in the plaques. age, sex, smoki...